Newspaper Headlines: NLC plans warning strike over FG’s refusal to meet ASUU’s demand

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Newspaper Headlines: NLC plans warning strike over FG’s refusal to meet ASUU’s demand

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April 29, 2022

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The photograph of the baby delivered of a victim of Kaduna train attack released by terrorists dominated the cover pages of Nigerian newspapers.

The Punch says former President Goodluck Jonathan will face legal battle if he joins the All Progressives Congress (APC) to contest for the 2023 presidential election. The newspaper reports that the Nigeria Labour Congress (NLC) has vowed to embark on a nationwide protest over the federal government’s refusal to meet the demands of the Academic Staff Union of Universities (ASUU).

The Nation says President Muhammadu Buhari has informed the court that section 84(12) of the Electoral Act of 2022 is unconstitutional. The newspaper reports that terrorists have released the picture of the baby given birth to by one of the women kidnapped from Kaduna train.

The Guardian reports that Abubakar Malami, attorney-general of the federation, has formally declared his intention to contest for the 2023 governorship election in Kebbi state. The newspaper says Southern Kaduna Peoples Union and Afenifere have faulted the decision of the national assembly to criminalise payment of ransom to gunmen.

Daily Trust reports that five presidential hopefuls in the All Progressives Congress (APC) from the south-west are aiming for the presidential ticket of the party. The newspaper says Abdullahi Jibrin, a lance corporal with the Nigerian Army battalion in Geidam, Yobe State, has reportedly committed suicide.

THISDAY reports that the International Monetary Fund has warned that payment of petrol subsidy negatively affects fiscal balance in Nigeria. The newspaper says the federal government has disclosed that Nigeria’s 206 trillion cubic feet of gas reserve is now valued at $803.4 trillion.

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